2006 Billboard Music Awards Finalists

Here are the finalists for the 2006 Billboard Music Awards, which will be handed out Dec. 4 live on Fox from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Winners are determined by actual performance on the Billboard charts.

I'd love for for Nickelback to take it all, but I know that isn't realistic, especially since they're uip against the Red Hot Chili Peppers- That's a competition I don't think they can take.

I know my Country predictions are probably way off, but I'm not a country gal at all, and I just went by 'Were they ever on the American Top 40?"

Mary J. Blige will take everything that she is nominated for... except the Best R&B/Hip-Hop single of the year, it's all Ne-Yo there.

With the Rock Album Of the Year, I can't really place any bets, they're all amazing, and I don't know. I think that Stadium Arcadium has a chance, because they're the Peppers, and they've been around forever, but Back To Bedlam was big with the girls, and James Blunt is new on the scene. So I had to go with Nickelback, becuase they are pretty much in the middle. Besides, once a Niclekback fan...

Last edited by 11sstephanie; 11-29-2006 at 08:06 PM.
Reason: I changed my mind.

Paris Hilton cancels Billboard Awards appearance

Paris Hilton cancels Billboard Awards appearance over jokes
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton canceled an appearance at next week's Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like jokes written for her, according to a spokesman.

"It is my understanding that some satirical references ridiculed some of her peers," her spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement. "Paris did not want to say anything that could appear hurtful or embarassing about people she knows."

Mintz said Hilton received a script Friday that contained material she found "objectionable." Representatives for Hilton and the awards show could not come to an agreement about the script's content so she decided to scrap the appearance, he said.

A call to Billboard was not returned early Saturday.

The Billboard Awards will be handed out Monday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The show will air live on Fox.

I decided to avoid copying all your predictions & stretching this out for pages. So, I thought I would let you know if you didn't already, that these awards are based strictly on sales data & chart position. Since there is no voting or judging, it should be fairly easy to get the winners together.

Based on what I can ascertain, I believe that the album of the year will be Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts, she has sold about 300k more than Nickleback, so she should win this one. That being said she should also win for Country Album of the year, & Female Country Artist. But, Rascal Flatts will most likely win Country act of the year because they have had 2 albums & their combined sales should propel them to the top. The one real mystery is why Carrie wasn't nominated in the newcomer category.